Japan team creates liver from stem cells

Singapore: A team of scientists from Japan have created a functioning human liver from stem cells, raising hopes of manu...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai launches implantable anti-tumor agent

Singapore: Nobelpharma and Eisai launched Gliadel 7.7 mg Implant (carmustine), an antineoplastic agent, in Japan on Janu...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda submits plea for cetilistat approval in Japan

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare...

October 31, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Australia to grow Chinese anti-cancer fruit

Singapore: University of Queensland (UQ) is soon going to globally launch a delicious berry-like ancient Chinese red bay...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Siemens renews partnership with Japanese lab solutions firm

Singapore: Sysmex Corporation and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics have announced the signing of a five-year global supply...

July 20, 2012 | Friday | News
Sucampo, Takeda file patent suit against Aunchen

Singapore: Sucampo (an affiliate of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals), R-Tech Ueno, Takeda Pharmaceutical, and certain affiliate...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Chugai to invest $160 mn in Singapore

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical, which pursues cutting-edge biopharmaceutical, antibody, and molecular targeted research t...

October 11, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Eisai cancer drug gets orphan drug designation from Japan

Singapore: Eisai has received orphan drug designation from Japan's Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare for its multi...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Japan files criminal complaint against Novartis

Singapore: Japan's health ministry has lodged a criminal complaint against the local wing of the leading Swiss drug make...

January 10, 2014 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo enrolls patients for edoxaban trial

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Daiichi Sankyo has completed patient enrollment in the global Hokusai-VTE phase III study...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo extends Medidata Clinical Cloud use to China

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo is expanding its use of US-based Medidata Solutions' cloud-based platform to support clinical ...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi, Amplimmune join hands for protein R&D

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo and Amplimmune have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop a new therapeutic prote...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sankyo halts phase III trial of cancer drug

Singapore: The independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) of the phase III MARQUEE (Met inhibitor ARQ 197 plus Erlotin...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Bioscience firms queue up for Japan market

Japan, which has the lowest infant mortality rate and highest adult life expectancy in the world, is fast turning into a...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Mylan and Pfizer enter deal for EpiPen in Japan

Singapore: Mylan Specialty, a subsidiary of Mylan, and Pfizer entered into a license agreement, under which Pfizer will ...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Eisai, UCL form neuro R&D alliance

Singapore: University College London (UCL) and Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, have entered into a new agreement ...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
First-of-its-kind stroke symposium concludes in Tokyo

Singapore: Stroke, the destruction of brain tissue from blockage or rupture of blood vessels, is one of the leading caus...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Japan's Eisai to start Down's syndrome therapy test

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai has said that it will soon begin therapeutic testing of a drug that it ...

July 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News